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had flown

  • past perfect
    of fly.
    fly
    noun
    any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly.

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The room was on the 15th floor or something, and I guess the bird had flown into the glass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Ryan said he had flown "pretty much every RAF helicopter you can think of" over the years, but "this one was a lot safer, more comfortable and definitely heading to a very different destination".

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Then after the guests had flown home the couple was hit with an unwelcome surprise: Another bill for about $100,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

The EU said it had flown in 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid Sunday -- including medicine, tents and protective gear to fight the haemorrhagic fever -- to hard-to-reach Ituri province, the epicentre of the epidemic.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

But in the moment of the conversation my pointed questions had flown out of my head and they were replaced instead by grief and confusion.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse